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Alfred Lionel COOPER

Regimental number3047
Place of birthPittsworth, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressToowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bertha Cooper, Pittsworth, Queensland
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery (Plot B, row 27, Grave No. 13), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
143
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Bertha COOPER, Pittsworth, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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